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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Acc Chem Res. 2015 Jun 15;48(7):2126–2131. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00169

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Proposed Mechanisms for Decarboxylation of Cu(I)–α-Ketocarboxylate Complexes Supported by Diamine Ligandsa

aN = diamine donor atoms; R = phenyl or para-nitrophenyl; S = cyclohexene or CH3CN.